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Can't work Mikey .They definitely need 2 separate meetings with quite different stakes. (one cheap , one twice as much) This is because if you run $15,000 maidens 9or support races)  at One meeting they will be dominated by Ray Green , and the Telfers and anyone like them that breeds and buys the expensive horses. they will chase the better prizemoney. At Cambridge for $8000 per race, they enter Way less horses and in recent weeks you see trainers Susan Branch, Owen Gillies (2 wins last week) and folk like that winning races. they're not a hope in hell of even running a place against the outstanding trainers that race on Friday nights at Alexandra Park.  They have to stay separate.  (Location) you can be sure some of the BIG stables would find something to pop in your lesser lights race for 8 or 9 if on the same program as your 15 k one. The battler (Doody, Chilcott , etc)  would get NO wins . (and it would be like the South Island lol 😂)  

Due to an injury sustained in training, WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.'s dual Grade I winner Patch Adams (Into Mischief–Well Humored, by Distorted Humor) will not be competing in the Breeders' Cup as planned and has been retired to WinStar Farm for the 2026 breeding season. A stud fee will be announced later. “Patch Adams had a straightforward lateral condylar fracture in his right hind that went back together extremely well, and he can race or breed without any notice of the fracture in 2026,” said Dr. Larry Bramlage of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital. “He has an excellent prognosis.” Trained by Brad Cox, the 3-year-old reeled off back-to-back Grade I victories in the Woody Stephens Stakes and the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes. “The speed and heart he showed in the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial not only established himself as the leading 3-year-old sprinter in the country but drew a lot of attention from the breeding public and solidified our decision to stand him in 2026,” said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. “While he could still run at four, we have made the difficult decision to stick with our original plan to retire him.” His final time of 1:21.36 in the Woody Stephens stands as the fastest seven-furlong time by a colt at Saratoga during the 2025 season. Named a TDN Rising Star after winning his second career start at Churchill Downs by 10 1/2 lengths, Patch Adams stopped the clock for seven furlongs in a rapid 1:20.77, just 0.33 seconds shy of the track record set by two-time champion Groupie Doll back in 2012. “I've had good two-turn colts in my career like Essential Quality and Cyberknife, but Patch Adams is the fastest 3-year-old I have ever had,” said Brad Cox, a two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer and currently the leading trainer in the country by earnings. “When he won by 10 lengths going seven furlongs in 1:20.77, I knew he would be a Grade I winner.” Patch Adams won four-of-seven lifetime starts–was undefeated (3-for-3) at seven furlongs–banked $772,585. Patch Adams is by perennial leading sire Into Mischief out of the stakes-winning Distorted Humor mare Well Humored. he hails from the family of Grade I winners Well Armed, Cyberknife, Played Hard and American Patriot. The bay was bred by WinStar. “Here at WinStar, we believe in speed,” said Walden. “We believe Patch Adams has the genetics, race record, conformation, and pedigree to make a top stallion prospect. Patch Adams was a fast 2-year-old and a very fast 3-year-old.” For more information on Patch Adams, contact Liam O'Rourke, Olivia Desch, or Ben Hanley at 859-873-1717, or visit www.WinStarFarm.com. The post MGISW Patch Adams Injured, Retired to WinStar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

From the pictures of the work which are posted on BOAY. Looked more than that.  More like cm than mm.

Morgane Kervarrec knows she's not exactly known for being the most outgoing person on the backside. But for her, the job has never been about small talk or making appearances. It's about the work, the horses, and the quiet rhythm of morning training at Santa Anita. “People will say sometimes that maybe I'm not really social,” Kervarrec admitted. “It's not that I'm tired of being social. I'm just tired of fake connections with people that you don't get with animals. That's why I picked this job. You deal less with people and more with animals. The connection that you have with them is real.” The bond she shares with the horses she works with is what she loves most about her job as an exercise rider for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. It is also what has helped the 35-year-old build up an impressive list of trainees going into this year's Breeders' Cup. This fall, her mounts include recent GI Goodwood Stakes winner Nevada Beach (Omaha Beach), GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes victress Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso), 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Boyd (Violence), and GSW and GISP Barnes (Into Mischief). Violence) and GSW and GISP Barnes. She shares her insights on the quartet in this episode of Breeders' Cup Connections."> Kervarrec's connection with horses didn't just start one morning on the track. As a young girl growing up in Brittany, France, she was drawn to the simple honesty of the animals and she began dreaming of a life spent working with them. “I think I started falling in love with horses before I started talking, before I even started walking,” recalled Kervarrec. “It's something that runs in my family and I always promised my parents that I wouldn't work with horses. So I went to college to please everybody, but I just realized it wasn't for me. I ended up working with horses anyway.” Kervarrec moved throughout Europe and Australia working as both an exercise rider and a jockey. In 2019, she traveled to California with the intention of staying at Santa Anita for three months. She never left. After starting out working for fellow French export Leonard Powell, she moved over to trainer Simon Callaghan's barn. Three years ago, she had to take a pause from riding for the birth of her daughter. For Kervarrec, it was never a question of if she was coming back to the racetrack, but of how it could be an opportunity to turn over a new leaf in her career. “When you come from Europe, well let's be honest, Bob Baffert is a legend all around the world,” she said. “There are a lot of good trainers here in the U.S. that we don't know about in Europe, but everybody knows Bob Baffert. I remember when I first came, Justify was still here, so just seeing him in the morning I was just like, 'Wow.' One morning I saw Bob standing in the front of his barn. I was like, 'Okay, I'm just going to take a shot. After all, he's just like any other person.'” Baffert offered Kervarrec a job on the spot and she started the next morning. Kervarrec said that she has been a horse lover for as long as she could remember | photo courtesy Morgane Kervarrec One of the first stakes-level horses that she was assigned to that still holds a place in her heart today is Mr. Fisk (Arrogate). The Sunny Brook Stables homebred brought home three graded stakes in California and is now a stallion at Pleasant Acres in Florida. “He was very special to me,” said Kervarrec. “He has a great personality and I really miss him every day. I'm just happy that he has a very good life now having babies.” Another early standout performer was three-time Grade I winner Adare Manor (Uncle Mo), who took Kervarrec to her first Breeders' Cup when she competed in the 2023 Distaff. “I remember going to the track in the morning with her name on the towel, and it's like you're proud because that's your baby that you train all year long,” Kervarrec explained. “The Breeders' Cup is the target. That's our championship.” As a member of Baffert's team, Kervarrec gets on no shortage of Breeders' Cup-level quality horses. But she said she treats all her mounts the same, no matter their future potential or existing resume. “We're spoiled at this barn,” she admitted. “I'm blessed to be able to get on such good horses, but it doesn't matter if they are stakes horses or if they're just going to win their allowance. I love them all the same. I think that we have  to remember that the people [on the backside] really do this job because we love the horses first.” This year, Kervarrec has an embarrassment of riches with the horses she is working with. She said she shares a unique connection with each of them. The first time she rode Nevada Beach, she went back to the barn and asked the foreman if she could keep riding the 3-year-old son of Omaha Beach. “He is just such a sweet boy and he's a huge horse, but he's like such a gentle giant,” she shared. “He really wants to do whatever you ask him to do. He's very special to me.” After breaking his maiden on debut this past April, Nevada Beach was runner-up in the Affirmed Stakes and claimed the Los Alamitos Derby before his definitive win in the Goodwood, a 'Win and You're In' for the Breeders' Cup Classic. Kervarrec said she was at pony club with her daughter when the big colt got that first Grade I score on Sept. 27, but she was watching from her phone and cheering him on as he stormed to the wire. While Nevada Beach is a breeze for Kervarrec to ride in the mornings, Bottle of Rouge requires a touch more concentration and skill. Nevada Beach wins the GI Goodwood Stakes | Horsephotos “When she first came in, it wasn't easy to find a way to get along with her,” said the horsewoman. “She was a little sassy, so you had to find a way to ask her what you wanted to do because you don't make them do what you want, you ask them. She has really figured out what we are doing here and now she is really easy to work with. I would say that she is one of my favorites now.” A winner in her second start at Del Mar, the Jill Baffert-owned juvenile claimed the GI Del Mar Debutante and is now pointing for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Kervarrec also rides Himika (Curlin), the fourth-place finisher in the Debutante. She said she enjoys working with the 2-year-olds, and helping them learn the ropes of the racetrack. One colt who needed a steady hand when he first arrived in the Baffert barn was Zedan Racing Stables' Boyd. “It's funny because I normally don't like riding chestnut horses, but there is something so special about him,” she said with a fond smile. “I remember galloping him for the first time. He was just so smooth and was like, 100% good boy, really. He was willing to do good, but was confused about what he was doing here. That is, until the first race. Then he showed everybody that he totally understood the task.” In his first start on Sept. 7 going five-and-a-half furlongs, Boyd broke sharply and never looked back, breaking away to win by almost six lengths and earning the 'Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' nod. The colt is now expected to train up to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Kervarrec also rides another Zedan Racing Stables-owned colt, Barnes (Into Mischief). She said that sitting aboard the Grade II-winning colt named after Baffert's longtime assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes is a great honor. “Jimmy is a great person to work for,” she said. “Same with Bob. He has been supporting me and didn't give up on me when I needed him. He's not easy, but he's a great boss.” Being an exercise rider is demanding under any circumstances. The early mornings, long hours, and ever-present risk of injury make it a tough way to make a living. For Kervarrec, balancing that with raising her 3-year-old daughter adds another layer of challenge, but also motivation. “For me, it was never a question to stop working because I'm a mom,” she shared. “It's a big life turn, but I'm grateful for her. She loves horses and is riding already. She loves to spend time at the barn. If you let her, she'll walk down the shedrow and pet everybody so you've got to keep an eye on her.” Perhaps that horse-crazy streak runs in Kervarrec's daughter, too. It's a common thread on any backside, where so many people have built their lives around the sport because it's what their parents and grandparents did before them, and because deep down, they can't imagine doing anything else. “What people see on the front of the track is just the glitter,” Kervarrec explained. “It's the pretty side. They don't see all the people on the backside who are here because they love their job. They love horses and they work hard to make all this possible. I think that when you love your job, you get up every morning with the feeling that you're not working. I feel blessed every day when I get to gallop these horses.” The post Breeders’ Cup Connections: For Morgane Kervarrec, It’s All About the Horse appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK — Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum rarely misses Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and when the ruler of Dubai is present at Park Paddocks it is a safe bet that he will make a major contribution to the top end of the market. This he did once more, buying the day's top lot for 3,700,000gns – the most expensive yearling sold anywhere in the world this year – as well as three of the five seven-figure lots of the session. By the day's end, Sheikh Mohammed and his team of representatives, which included Anthony Stroud, David Loder and trainers Charlie Appleby and Saeed Bin Suroor, had recruited another 10 yearlings to the Godolphin fold for a first-day outlay of 9,300,000gns. Leading the session, but only narrowly, was lot 90, an exquisitely-bred son of Sea The Stars whose close relation Crystal Ocean, by the same stallion, had been champion older horse in England in 2019. Bred by Ed's Stud and consigned by Eugene Daly's Longview Stud, the colt is out of the late Sir Evelyn de Rothschild's Listed winner Crystal Zvezda (Dubawi), who was bought from the dispersal of Southcourt Stud for 775,000gns in 2022. His appearance in the ring sparked a bidding duel between the Godolphin team outside the ring and Kia Joorabchian and the Amo Racing posse inside.  “He was exceptional-looking and [comes] from a very good stud farm,” said Stroud. “It's a Rothschild family so he was majestic in the way that he moved and walked. He was a lovely horse.” He continued, “Obviously the family works well with Sea The Stars and he really stood out for us. You have to pay for the ones you really want and he was the one we wanted.” With a sentence that may be music to the ears of those vendors with horses still to come, Stroud added, “Godolphin has supported this sale hugely. It's only the first day and we have two more days to go.” Stroud later also signed for lot 95, Airlie Stud's half-brother to former champion Irish two-year-old filly Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy). The son of Too Darn Hot finally brought the hammer down at 1,000,000gns. Airlie's Anthony Rogers said, “It is a great price – he is a lovely horse. You can never believe that you are going to get a million for a horse. Dane Street has been an amazing mare for us and we failed to sell her here about 15 years ago. She is still breeding, but she has had a rest this year.”  Also on the Godolphin list was a Blue Point colt out of the G3 Ballyogan Stakes second Boston Rocker (Acclamation), who is the dam of six winners from as many runners to date, including the G2 Zabeel Mile scorer and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains third San Donato (Lope De Vega), as well as this year's G2 Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Rock On Thunder (Night Of Thunder). Sold as lot 67, he continued the annus mirabilis for James Hanly and his Ballyhimikin Stud when selling for 1,000,000gns. “He was a cracking colt,” said Hanly. “He was always a super horse. He never turned a hair from the day he got here.” The Godolphin team will be hoping that lot 67, who was bred in partnership by Hanly, Anthony Stroud and Skymarc Farm, can emulate another previous Tattersalls October graduate from Ballyhimikin in Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder), the winner of this year's G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes and G1 Juddmonte International, who was bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 340,000gns at Book 2 back in 2022. Another flagbearer for Ballyhimikin this year has been the high-class filly Estrange (Night Of Thunder), who was a Book 1 yearling, also in 2022, when going the way of Cheveley Park Stud for 425,000gns. Asked if selling is any less nerve-wracking after his stellar year on the track as a breeder, Hanly replied, “I just take each day as it comes. Each day is a new day, so just enjoy it and do your best. Some days it doesn't work out, so you've got to put up with those days.” Weighed In The extraordinary highs of last year were always going to be hard to match, but the returns on Tuesday were strong by most standards, even though they represented a reduction when it comes to year-on-year comparisons.  From a staggering 92 per cent clearance rate in 2025, 79 per cent of the first-day yearlings were marked as sold. The turnover of 40,533,000gns from the sale of 125 yearlings (eight more than last year's opener) represented a drop of six per cent, while the average of 323,352gns was down by 11 per cent and the median by 19 per cent at 210,000gns.  Family Matters for Amo Racing While Amo Racing had filled the role of underbidder to Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation on the day's top lot, it hadn't taken long for Kia Joorabchain to make presence felt again at Book 1 when outbidding MV Magnier of Coolmore at 3,600,000gns for lot 15. The brother to last year's sale-topper, by Frankel out of the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi (Shamardal), was bred and consigned by Graham Smith-Bernal's Newsells Park Stud. “The boys love him,” Joorabchian said. “We have a lot of people that really liked him around us and we couldn't really let him go. We want to keep the family tight. We want to be able to see how the family works out.” The colt's two-year-old sister, who fetched 4,400,000gns 12 months ago, is now named Partying and is with Amo Racing's new trainer Kevin Philippart de Foy at Freemason Lodge in Newmarket.  He continued, “If he's a very good horse he's going to be a stallion but if he's not, he's not going to be a stallion. Obviously we like the filly [Partying] otherwise we wouldn't have gone for the brother. But who knows, right? She still hasn't run, but it's a completely different project because if the filly runs or doesn't run, she's still got a huge residual value and she can be a broodmare, and we have five stallions so it's important. “I thought we paid a little bit more than what we were expecting to but we're up against Coolmore, and they've got five [partners] versus one. So we've got to give them a crack.” Julian Dollar, general manager of Newsells Park Stud, said, “He just blossomed during the summer. Particularly during yearling prep, he just came into himself. What he has always had is a really lovely attitude – a great temperament. [He has] always been very athletic. Six or nine months ago, I thought he was just one of those gangly babies but he just started to come. He's still not where I'd like him to be now but he's a lovely horse.” Of the 12-year-old Aljazzi, he added, “Unfortunately she lost a pregnancy to Too Darn Hot back in January and we failed to get her back in foal. She's had two blank years but we will regroup and go again. I think she should go back to Frankel, don't you? “When I did the budget last December, I put him in at a measly half-a-million. I said half-a-million because some of these big, raw Frankels can still make half-a-million even if they are just legs. He really came together all year, especially during his prep. And I suppose coming in here, I thought maybe there is a chance he might make seven figures, a bit like I felt with the filly last year. But when you get two big-hitters locking horns, there's always a chance they can go and make unbelievable amounts.” Determined Bidding Pays Off There was no shortage of American buyers through the opening session of Book 1, with Repole Stable, Justin Casse, Chad Brown, Liz Crow, Mike Ryan, Andrew Cary and Alex Solis all signing for yearlings, but perhaps the most prominent so far is Matt Dorman of Determined Stables, who bought four fillies through David Ingordo. While Ingordo is a Tattersalls regular, this was a first visit to Park Paddocks for Matt Dorman.  “We've purchased remotely before but we definitely wanted to be here in person,” Dorman said. “Everything has been great. I commend Tattersalls [for the] wonderful grounds, good people, and it's been very easy to look at horses and go through the process we need to go through.” The quartet of yearlings was bought for a total of 1,500,000gns and included a Bjoirn Nielsen-bred No Nay Never half-sister to French Listed winner Chartreuse (Lawman) for 540,000gns from the draft of Brian O'Rourke (lot 69). Ingordo also signed for Ballyvolane Stud's Too Darn Hot filly five lots later at 425,000gns. A first foal, she is out of Caromil (Sea The Stars), a sister to the Listed winner Boerhan from the family of G1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Millisle. Dorman continued, “We have a broodmare band in Lexington, Kentucky, and they are producing and doing well. We wanted to shift the focus a little bit to develop more runners and create some future broodmares. We are really looking long-term, and the stallion power that is present here makes a lot of sense as we like to race on turf and dirt. These [fillies] will ship back to the States and they will go to Cherie DeVaux.” Night Of Thunder Millionaire for Juddmonte Juddmonte has made a concerted effort to acquire speedier types at the yearling sales this year and, a week on from spending €440,000 on a Mehmas colt at the Goffs Orby Sale, added a Night Of Thunder colt to the roster for a cool million gns.  The Night Of Thunder colt was bred by Lodge Park Stud and hails from one of the farm's most famous families given the dam, Express Way (Dark Angel), is a daughter of Alluring Park (Green Desert), who famously produced Oaks heroine Was (Galileo). Juddmonte's Simon Mockridge simply summed up the transaction, “He's just a super horse – a lovely horse. That's what you have to pay for them, I'm afraid. It's very expensive in there. He's a very good mover. Showed well all week. It's an amazing family as well. The stallion has been fantastic this year.” Meanwhile, Jamie Burns of Lodge Park Stud was visibly emotional after the sale and reported his mother, Patricia, who has cultivated the family for many years, to be “thrilled to bits”. Burns said, “He exceeded expectations greatly. He is a lovely-moving horse and he goes to a great home. Delighted to see him go to Juddmonte as he will be given every opportunity. Night Of Thunder is flying. Galileo has worked great in the pedigree so we are trying a different angle. We're absolutely thrilled to bits. Mum is delighted.” Subplots Japanese owner Tsunefumi Kusama, a first-time visitor to Tattersalls, will be racing two smartly-bred fillies in his homeland, having bought Ballyphilip Stud's Frankel half-sister to top sprinter Battaash for 600,000gns along with the Palace Pier filly out of Oaks winner Anapurna (Frankel) from Meon Valley Stud for 200,000gns.  It should be noted that Palace Pier enjoyed a good sale. Three yearlings by Darley's young stallion sold for an average of 298,333gns, which placed him in the top 10 performing stallions on that metric. Nurlan Bizakov was in attendance at Tattersalls to secure lot 157, a brother to his top-class miler Charyn, whose first foals will hit the ground in 2026. The Sumbe boss went to 450,000gns to secure the Grangemore Stud-consigned brother to the multiple Group 1 winner.  Bizakov said, “He is very similar to his brother, though a different colour, and he does remind me of Charyn at this stage. We were, of course, interested in the pedigree as soon as the catalogue came out – the mare has been a very good producer.” Bizakov went on to spend 300,000gns on lot 176, a Wootton Bassett colt out of G3 Athasi Stakes winner Happen (War Front) from Tweenhills. The Thompson family's Cheveley Park Stud was yet another major owner-breeder to get in on the action when spending 750,000gns on a Sea The Stars sister to the highly-rated Roi De France. Out of Bjorn Nielsen's Group 3-placed Danilovna (Dansili), who is a half-sister to multiple Group 1 scorer Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer), the Sea The Stars filly was consigned by Brian O'Rourke Bloodstock. The big question coming into Book 1 was whether Amo Racing would be as strong as last year. Well, that question was answered pretty quickly when Kia Joorabchian went to 3.6 million gns on a Frankel colt from Newsells Park Stud. All told, Amo Racing and Godolphin spent 13.9 million gns between them. That worked out at almost a third of the total aggregate on Tuesday. Newtown Anner Stud was one of the bigger spenders at Goffs last week and landed a sister to  Saffron Beach (New Bay) for €500,000. Maurice Regan's operation was busy once again at Tattersalls when going to 525,000gns for lot 166, Whatton Manor Stud's Dubawi half-sister to multiple Group 2 scorer Silver Knott, out of the Group 1 winner God Given (Nathaniel).    Golden Touch Taking a chance on a foal by young stallion Space Traveller paid off in spades for Michael Carty of Kilmoney Cottage Stud when he almost tripled his money on the half-brother to Royal Ascot-winning two-year-old Ain't Nobody (Sands Of Mali). Bought for 82,000gns, the Space Traveller colt fittingly sold to Ain't Nobody's trainer Kevin Ryan for 240,000gns.  Carty said, “We can't afford to buy the foals by the big stallions so we took a chance on Space Traveller and we have been well rewarded. I'd give him a big chance. This is a grand colt, now. He prepped well and has been very easy to deal with. I liked him a lot as a foal and we were lucky to get a nice update when his half-brother Ain't Nobody was second in the Nunthorpe earlier in the summer. He's gone to a very good trainer which is important. We buy around 10 foals every year and, while we knew this lad was nice, we are pleasantly surprised by what he made. It's a great day.” Buy of the Day Lot 60: Nathaniel colt ex Bizzi Lizzi (Muhaarar) Vendor: Meon Valley Stud Buyer: Andrew Balding, 75,000gns  A strong colt by one of the best middle-distance stallions in Europe from an excellent breeder which has diligently nurtured this particular family for more than four decades. There's plenty to like about what appears to be a very reasonable purchase of this son of the dual winner Bizzi Lizzi, herself out of the dual Group 1 winner and multiple stakes producer Izzy Top (Pivotal). Trainer Andrew Balding was standing alongside Mick and Janice Mariscotti when bidding for this colt and history tells us that it pays to follow the purchases of this particular team.  Coltrane, who was retired on Saturday after finishing runner-up in the G1 Prix du Cadran, won nine races, including six at stakes level, and amassed more than £1 million in prize-money having been bought by Balding at Book 1 seven years ago for 50,000gns.  They  trio has also enjoyed success with another Meon Valley Stud-bred by Nathaniel in the G2 Queen's Vase winner Dashing Willoughby, bought at Book 1 for 70,000gns in 2017. The Mariscottis also have Zavateri running in this weekend's G1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes. The Without Parole colt, who is unbeaten and is already a three-time group winner, was a Book 2 purchase last year for 35,000gns by Anthony Bromley and trainer Eve Johnson Houghton. We'll be watching this well-bred Nathaniel colt with interest in the years to come. Tattersalls Takeaways: Day 1 The opening session of the October Yearling Sale provided the two most expensive yearlings sold anywhere in the world this year at 3,700,000gns (approximately $5.2m) and 3,600,000gns (approximately $5.08m). This compares to a top price of $4.1m at the Saratoga Sale, $3.3m at Keeneland September, and the equivalent of $2.83m at Japan's JRHA Select Sale. Godolphin dominated the buyers' list on Tuesday, signing up 10 yearlings for 9,300,000gns, including the top lot and four of the top ten. Next on the list was Amo Racing, whose three purchases totalled 4,600,000gns. The Coolmore partners were notable absentees from the first-day buyers' sheet. A third of the way through Book 1, Frankel is the leading sire with six yearlings sold at an average of 939,167gns. There was a decent result for Ballylinch Stud's first-season sire Bayside Boy when Blandford Bloodstock signed for lot 137 at 300,000gns. The colt out of Fairy Dancer (Fastnet Rock) was bought last year from breeder Ballylinch for 80,000gns by Oneliner Stables. From a larger catalogue this year (537 compared to 448 in 2024), the key figures took a dip during the opening session, with the clearance rate of 79 per cent being down from 92 per cent 12 months ago.   The post Tattersalls on Top of the World as Two Most Expensive Yearlings in 2025 Launch Book 1 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article